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It’s Friday August 1, 2025 and I’m Ken Briodagh, Editor in Chief of Embedded Computing Design and these are our top stories this week.

Emerson announced the company’s Nigel AI Advisor is now enabled in its flagship test software and the launch of a new edition of its NI SystemLink software platform.

Hello Embedded Engineers, Developers and Makers! Welcome to In Case You Missed it: Embedded Insights, the weekly news show all about Embedded technologies and solutions from Embedded Computing Design.

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Today at the annual NI Connect conference, Emerson announced hardware and software enhancements to its portfolio that address complexity in test applications.

Bluetooth: Past and Present

The Bluetooth name, logo, and core capabilities have been around for decades, becoming almost ubiquitous in the world of wireless communication. Even among the non-tech-savvy, Bluetooth permeates life in the modern world. From cell phones to smart watches, tablets, laptops, headphones, and everything in between, the past and current iterations of Bluetooth are unavoidable

Austin, Texas. Earlier, Emerson released new additions to its data acquisition (DAQ) lineup, including the NI cDAQ-9187 and cDAQ-9183 Ethernet chassis and NI 9204 input module. Access to a GitHub repository for NI FlexLogger DAQ software plug-ins is available leading to lower costs for operating high-performance test and measurement systems over Ethernet.

In this video, we’re exploring the MioDAQ USB-6451 from NI, now part of Emerson, and dive into its impressive capabilities. Known for producing high-quality automated test equipment and measurement systems, NI continues to deliver cutting-edge technology with this new data acquisition device.